The Silent Tears of Polygamy

Based on a True Story of a Muslim Woman

By: Robin Johnson

Narrated by: Angela Ohlfest

Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

A powerful and heart-wrenching story of one woman’s struggle with polygamy.

After spending her life fantasizing about her dream husband, Ana believes she has finally found the one when she meets Alec Coleman. He is charming, witty, and has looks to die for. The two feel an instant attraction, and it seems that Ana’s dreams have finally come true.

But when Alec rekindles a relationship with his former ex-girlfriend, Ana’s perfect life soon spirals into chaos. As a convert to Islam, Ana discovers her new religion allows men to take multiple wives. She thinks nothing much of it until Alec uses force and influence to draw her into a polygamous marriage. Grappling with betrayal feelings and unsure of how she can share her husband with another woman, Ana learns why polygamy is called “the mother of all pain”.

Gritty, poignant, and deeply moving, The Silent Tears of Polygamy is an eye-opening novel that explores the challenges that countless women in polygamous marriages struggle with daily. Inspired by a true story, this book provides a unique and memorable insight into a first wife’s feelings and thoughts battling with jealousy and insecurity. A cautionary tale, Ana’s story reveals how women can maintain their identity and take back control of their lives, one prayer, one voice, and one grueling day at a time.

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I thought this was a great insightful book. It was extremely interesting to me and I didn’t want to put it down. I’m not in a polygamous relationship, but it’s always a possibility in Islam and I am not sure how I would reach myself.

This helped me stay sane during a hard time in my life.

I needed this book as there aren’t many raw true Muslim American reverts talking openly about this. I am dealing with a half polygamy situation except for the fact I was supposed to be married first to my kashmiri fiancé and knew my fiancé was to be married a few months later to a Kashmiri girl which had already been arranged. He didn’t tell his family we were halal dating with intention to be married. I am divorced with 4 kids, (2 married and two in high school), ten years older than my fiancé and cannot and do not want more children from my own body. I knew he wanted a child and I am open to polygamy. I am open and willing to do this. Yet after his marriage he said he can’t marry me, that his culture won’t accept it. Now I feel in limbo. Broken hearted. Before marriage and now after I came to kashmir, met his parents and sister and family and loved them and they love me. They call me a daughter.i met his wife and she is pregnant. I am happy for him and her and looking forward to the baby. However those months that he got married and after I was tormented by the same thoughts about them having sex, the jealousy and the pain. The feelings are same no matter what. I don’t know what to do. I came across this book while on my return visit to kashmir. I’m still trying to figure my place in this all. He doesn’t nor ever wanted to marry for a greencard. He loves me very much. He provides for me financially and emotionally in so many ways. I’ve never had sex with or kissed him even as I don’t have nikah.

This book just helped me a lot to not feel alone, to remind me to stay true to Islam and protect my rights as a Muslim woman, to seek out justice and peace in my heart and to not feel enmity towards his wife as she is innocent in all of this and a good girl. I hope and pray that in time, my fiancé (or whatever he is) will do the right thing. Until then and always, I accept this test from Allah and hope to be stronger for it.